The final selection turns to the St Nazaire Raid, also known as Operation Chariot. Roy's commando team disembarks from the destroyer's forecastle, supports a wounded sergeant, and moves through the dockyard using knowledge learned from a detailed model. Bamboo scaling ladders show how closely each party prepared for its assigned structures and obstacles. After German troops flee and a Tommy gun jams, the attackers use grenades to clear gun positions 64 and 65 on the pumping-station roof. They then demolish the abandoned weapons, completing their assigned task inside the larger dockyard assault. This ground-level episode presents the raid as a collection of rehearsed assault and demolition missions alongside the destroyer strike against the dry dock.
Chapter ยท 13:25-14:43
Operation Chariot's dockyard assault teams
C. E. Lucas Phillips's account of the St Nazaire Raid follows a commando team clearing and demolishing German gun positions beside the dock.